Portico Design Dilemma
Greta M
3 years ago
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Comments (6)Hi Khanh, we bought a 40 year old 2 storey house and it needs a lot of work (I'm 40 and need a lot of work too but that's besides the point lol)... the kitchen does not have a pantry (we're using an old melamine cupboard for that but it's not close to the oven, fridge or sink) so meal prep involves getting everything out of the cupboard first, before packing a picnic and venturing into the kitchen lo - and for a cripple like me with a multitude of health issues, it is inconvenient and extremely impractical... we removed an old intrusive bulkhead to help open up the space and allow more light but following some not so great advice from the father in law, we need to plaster and repaint again where the bulkhead was removed as it's showing some cracks :/ It is an awkwardly laid out space .... the rest of the house has Fraser Island hardwood floors - and while we did replace a thousand layers of lino in the kitchen with really nice grey tiles, there is no connectivity between the kitchen and the smallish lounge/dining space. We could potentially add a few stools to make a breakfast bar on the lounge/dining side of the kitchen counter, but then we have no clue where the dining table would go if we did that. I'm not sure if I had the money to throw at it whether we would just 'tart it up' a little, or gut it and change the layout completely to create a better, practical flow for not just the kitchen, but the dining/lounge space as well....See MoreDesign dilemma - no street appeal
Comments (5)The garage has exactly nothing in common with the house . Totally different colours , totally different designs , totally different eras . If you have $100 , try this experiment -- go and buy some white paint , paint the front of the roof of your garage white to match the guttering of your house . Let it dry , stand back -- does it look better ? Give you any ideas ? Okay , what colour is your house entrance door ? Lets say it is black , and your windows are obviously white , because we can see one . So paint the garage door surround white , and the door black . Now the bricks are trickier -- painting the garage orange may backfire , as there are several shades in the bricks , whereas the garage will just look like an orange shed . But the actual front is only a very small area , so maybe go to a demolition firm ( or see if theres similar tones still made ) and get as close to the bricks as you can , and get a brickie to do a false facade in them , just that 300mm or whatever around the door ? The rest ( down the side of the garage ) I'd do an offwhite with orange undertones , add a black lattice ( even just that concrete reiforcing painted black would do , bolted 150mm out from the wall with spacers ) , plant a creeper and/or shrubs of different heights and tones , if there isn't a pathway there ....See MoreJan Dobson
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